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[Wes Pearce]

Apologies for cross postings!

Wes

Wes D. Pearce, 
Theatre Department
University of Regina
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>>> Mary Jo Lodge <lodgem at lafayette.edu> 9/29/2009 8:53 PM >>>
Someone passed this along to me - thought it might be of interest to  
the list.
MJ

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>> From: Announcements for the AMS <ams-announce at list.bowdoin.edu>
>> Date: September 29, 2009 9:13:55 AM EDT
>> To: <ams-announce at list.bowdoin.edu>
>> Subject: [AMS-announce] CFP: FROM STAGE TO SCREEN: Musical Films in 

>> Europe and United States (1927-1961), Arezzo, Sep 2010
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>> FROM STAGE TO SCREEN: Musical Films in Europe and United States  
>> (1927-1961)
>>
>> International Conference
>> ORGANISED BY: Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca;  
>> Municipality of Monte San Savino, Culture Dept.
>>
>> DATES: 16-18 September 2010
>> LOCATION: Monte San Savino (Arezzo, Italy)
>>
>> Call for papers
>> The Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini of Lucca
(http://www.luigiboccherini.org 
>> ), under the auspices of the Culture Department of the Municipality 

>> of Monte San Savino and in collaboration with MAGADIS International 

>> Music Agency, is pleased to invite submissions of proposals for the 

>> symposium on "From Stage to Screen: Musical Films in Europe and  
>> United States (1927-1961)", to be held in Monte San Savino (Arezzo, 

>> Italy), from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 September 2010. The  
>> Symposium aims to investigate the variety of sonic and musical  
>> practices of early musicals, their relationships with musical  
>> comedy and the progression from stage to screen in Europe and  
>> United States (1927-1961). The programme committee encourages  
>> submissions within the following areas, although other topics are  
>> welcome:
>>
>> * Music in black-and-white films in Europe and USA
>> * From musical comedy to musical: textual, material, technological 

>> sources
>> * Composers, singers and performers
>> * Broadway and Hollywood: music, play and dance topics
>> * Musical films and jazz
>> * Musical Practices and Techniques
>> * Musical and gender matters
>>
>> PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
>> Francesco Attesti, Lorenzo Frassà, Roberto Illiano, Alika  
>> Maffezzoli, Fulvia Morabito, Luca Sala, Massimiliano Sala
>>
>> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
>> Prof. Raymond Knapp (University of California at Los Angeles)
>> Prof. Sergio Miceli (University of Florence and University of Rome 

>> ‘La Sapienza’)
>>
>> The official languages of the conference are English and Italian.  
>> Papers selected at the conference will be published in a volume of 

>> proceedings by Brepols Publishers (www.brepols.net).
>> Papers are limited to twenty minutes in length, allowing time for  
>> questions and discussion. Please submit an abstract of no more than 

>> 300 words and one page of biography. All proposals should be  
>> submitted by email no later than Wednesday 31 March 2010 to Dr.  
>> Massimiliano Sala <msala at adparnassum.org>. Please include with  
>> your proposal your name, contact details (postal address, e-mail  
>> and telephone) and (if applicable) your affiliation.
>> The committee will make its final decision on the abstracts by the 

>> end of April 2010, and contributors will be informed immediately  
>> thereafter.
>> Further information about the programme, registration, travel and  
>> accommodation will be announced by the end of May 2010. For  
>> additional information about the conference, see
<http://www.luigiboccherini.org/MSSCONF 
>> >
>>
>> For further questions, please contact:
>> Dr Massimiliano Sala
>> Via Antonio Puccinelli, 27
>> I-51100 Pistoia
>> <msala at adparnassum.org>
>> <www.luigiboccherini.org/MSSCONF>
>>
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